In 2017, the 9th Traditional Chinese Medicine Immunization Symposium was held in Lanzhou, China. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Immunization Symposium is the only professional academic conference in the traditional Chinese medicine immunology industry in China, which has an important influence on the field of traditional Chinese medicine immunology research. This year, the compound polysaccharide technology became one of the focuses of immune specialists.
ZHOU Lian, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
He believes that in young and middle-aged years, the immune function of people in the sub-health state will temporarily decrease due to the lifestyle and environmental factors. When entering the aging stage, the immune function will also be gradually declined. “We must correctly understand the changes of the immune function of human body, and take some measures to adjust it, such as balancing diet, changing living habits or choosing appropriate healthy food, so as to achieve the purpose of prevention before disease onset”.
TAO Ning, Associate Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science
“Chinese herbal polysaccharide, such as Lentinan polysaccharide, polygonatum sinensis polysaccharide, cistanche polysaccharide, ginseng polysaccharide, and cordyceps polysaccharide, can effectively stimulate the immune activity, resulting in a positive influence on the prevention and control of a series of major health problems.”
XIE Zhiyong, Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
He narrated the close relationship between the intestinal flora and health. “Diet can regulate the intestinal flora, where not only might the plant polysaccharides regulate the intestinal flora, being the ‘food’ prebiotics, but also can work together with the intestinal probiotics to maintain wellness.”
